Chinese people visit the Samsung roadshow booth promoting their latest Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, outside a shopping mall in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016.
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Sister company Samsung SDI Co Ltd said that while it was a supplier of Galaxy Note 7 batteries, it had received no information to suggest the batteries were faulty.
The South Korean tech giant revealed that it is conducting “additional” tests on the new Galaxy Note 7, which was announced earlier this month.
Galaxy Note 7 devices were already shipping in some countries, with its official US release slotted for September 2. South Korea’s Yonhap News said five or six explosions were reported by consumers, citing pictures of damaged phones uploaded on local online communities, social media and YouTube.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 is one of the best smartphones on the market. Samsung did not elaborate on which regions of the world would be affected by the delay, as there are several variants of the phone for different markets.
Samsung did not elaborate on what further testing was required and to where shipments of the high-priced phablet were being delayed.
Over the last couple of days there have been a few separate reports of Note 7s catching fire.
Samsung is doing the right thing by taking precautions until it can investigate the quality of its components, but all users should be reminded that using those cheap, knock-off cables is a bad idea.
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With Apple all set to unveil the iPhone 7 on 7 September, Samsung will be hurting badly over the inevitable loss of sales with Note 7 following the shipment delays in the current scenario. The phone features an iris scanner that lets users unlock the phone by detecting patterns in the eyes. We’ll know more as time goes on. The company’s stock is falling rapidly, so it’ll possibly issue an official statement on the matter very soon.
